Agrifinance fair

The 10th Agrifinance Fair and Market linkage event-REPORT!

On 30th and 31st, AgriProFocus Rwanda in partnership with KAYONZA District, Catholic Relief Services (CRS), Help a Child Rwanda, Rwanda Development Bank (BRD), ICCO Cooperation and World vision International Rwanda, organized "10th Agrifinance fair and Market linkage event" that took place in Eastern province of Rwanda, Kayonza district which is located in the center of the province and easily accessible. The main objective of the event is to address the information gap on financial services and to offer market linkage opportunities to the agripreneurs.

A two days event brought together different actors in agribusiness sector. These included farmers especially from Eastern Province of Rwanda, cooperatives, agribusiness companies, financial service providers and development partner organizations operating in Rwanda. The fair focused on information sharing, dialogue and interaction and connections between different stakeholders to add

A Debriefing Dinner with sponsors and partners who contributed in organizing an Agrifinance Fair and Market linkage Event!

Following the 10th Agrifinance Fair and Market linkage Event held in Kayonza district from 30th to 31st, August 2018, AgriProFocus Rwanda organized a debriefing Dinner with sponsors and partners who played an important role to make Agrifinance Fair Happen. This took place at Marasa Umubano Hotel, Kigali Rwanda. The main objective of this debriefing dinner was to share the results, validate report and recognize the partners.

During this Agri-Finance Fair Debriefing Dinner, 20 participants from different development organizations and agribusiness companies were presented and shared their feedback regarding what we can improve as far as the next Agri-Finance fair and market linkage event is concerned. The participants thanked AgriProFocus Rwanda for the effort put in organizing the fair that linked farmers and agribusiness companies to financial institution, Agribusiness

The 10th edition of the ‘’Agri-Finance & Market Linkages’’ event

For the 10th time, AgriProFocus Rwanda organized the Agri-Finance & Market Linkages event. During this year, the Agri-finance fair took place in Kayonza district on 30-31 August, 2018.

There is information gap on financial services and market linkages opportunity in agriculture of Rwanda, AgriProFocus Rwanda organized this fair to improve agribusiness development by facilitating an easy access to financial services and business linkages between the key stakeholders of the Agri-food sector in Rwanda.

The two-days event brought together different farmers especially farmers from the Eastern Province of Rwanda, cooperatives, agribusiness companies, financial service providers and development partners organizations operating in Rwanda for better information sharing, dialogue and interaction and connections between different stakeholders to address various key issues in farmer entrepreneurship, including access to finance, acce